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- News
The Lathums Return After Over a Year With ‘Vice Versa’, Channelling Questions of Identity
Tubi FrightFest 2026 Announces Largest Programme in Festival History
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Movie Review: A Symphony of Savagery That Overplays Its Hand
First ‘The Whisper Man’ Trailer Brings Alex North’s Bestselling Chiller Novel to Life
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh Forge an Unlikely Alliance in First ‘Mayday’ Trailer
- Movie/TV Reviews
‘Evil Dead Burn’ Movie Review: A Symphony of Savagery That Overplays Its Hand
‘Toy Story 5’ Movie Review: A Heartfelt Celebration of Imagination in a Digital World
‘Obsession’ Movie Review: The Death of the Meet-Cute and the Dark, Twisted Reality of Controlled Desires
‘HOKUM’ Movie Review: A Meticulously Malignant Psychological Conundrum Served with Caustic Wit
Future Perfect: 10 Sci‑Fi Films That Find Hope Amid the Rise of AI and Technology
- Movie/TV/Author Interviews
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
HUNGRY Interview: James Nunn, Madison Davenport & Jim Meskimen on Nature’s Deadliest Predator and Avoiding B-movie Animal Attack Clichés
- Music Reviews
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of June 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of May 2026
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of April 2026
Album Review: ‘Limbo, Please Be Good To Me’ by Crocodylus: A Frenetic, Deftly Formulated Portrait of Modern Malaise
Brand-New Bangers: Noteworthy Nods’ Top Tracks of March 2026
- Music Interviews
Sydney’s Crocodylus Talk Doubling Down on Garage-Punk Chaos with New Album ‘Limbo, Please Be Good To Me’
Riding a Maximum High: Shed Seven celebrate 30 years with Triumphant ‘Shedcember X’ Winter Tour
Rick McMurray Talks The Transition from ASH to Solo Side Project BURNED AS WITCHES
Tom Clarke Talks Social Disguises: The Enemy’s Comeback Album Made on Their Own Terms
INTERVIEW: Composer Geoff Zanelli on Navigating Tonal Whiplash to Score ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’
- Features
Scared Straight to Serenity: Finding Catharsis Amidst the Chaos of Horror
Escape Reality: The Most Thrilling Horror Movies That Will Help You Forget the World’s Woes!
Reimagining the ’80s: 10 Movies That Could Shine with a 2020s Twist
Zack Snyder to write and direct long-gestating ‘Escape from New York’ remake
Forget the Blockbusters: 10 Essential ’80s Action Thrillers You Might Have Missed
- Books
First ‘The Whisper Man’ Trailer Brings Alex North’s Bestselling Chiller Novel to Life
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Anthologies for the Second Half of the Year
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
Focus Features Picks Up John Langan’s ‘The Fisherman’ With David Lowery Attached to Direct
Apple TV+ Unveils First Look At Lars Kepler Adaptation ‘Nocturne’ Starring Liev Schreiber, Zazie Beetz & Stephen Graham
- Author Interviews
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
Paul Tremblay on ‘Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,’ AI, Human Agency and the Horror of Surrendering Ourselves to Technology
‘We Can’t Stop Progress—We Can Only Mop Up the Mess’: Daniel Kraus on His Sci-Fi Frightmare ‘The Sixth Nik,’ Cronenbergian Biotech, and the Fight for Human Emotion
- Book Reviews
2026 Horror Book Releases: CinemaChords’ Most Anticipated Anthologies for the Second Half of the Year
Author Interview: Araminta Hall on Unreliable Narrator, Narrative Authority and the Elusiveness of Truth
The Gothic Reframed: Charlotte Cross on Carving a Fresh Voice Within the Dracula Mythos in Her Debut Novel ‘The Brides’
Chuck Tingle Talks ‘Fabulous Bodies’: Turning Influencer Culture into Blood-Soaked Midnight Movie Mayhem
‘The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre’ Book Review: A Retirement Home Slasher that Finds Life and Tenacity in the Shadow of Death
Headlines
The Lathums have shared their first new music in more than a year with the release of new single ‘Vice Versa’, available today (Friday...
Headlines
Tubi FrightFest has today revealed the programme for its 2026 edition, with the UK’s leading horror and fantasy film festival set to screen its...
Box Office
Few horror franchises have proved as resilient as Evil Dead. Across four decades, Sam Raimi‘s cult classic has evolved from scrappy cabin-in-the-woods shocker into...
Books
Netflix has released the official trailer for The Whisper Man, offering the first extended look at its adaptation of Alex North‘s bestselling psychological thriller....
Home Release News
Universal has released the first trailer for SOULM8TE, the latest film set within the M3GAN universe, while also confirming that the project will bypass...
Author Interviews
Brighton-based author Araminta Hall‘s menacing, twist-laden novel Unreliable Narrator is set for publication in the US this 14 July. Offering a fresh perspective on...
Box Office
Three decades have passed since Toy Story premiered as the shiny, silicon-slick harbinger of a new celluloid era, fundamentally rewriting the grammar of digital...
MUSIC
Since forming in 2015, Crocodylus have evolved from Sydney garage-punk regulars into a surgically tight quintet with a consistent trajectory. Built on the longstanding...
MUSIC
The Kooks have announced a string of stripped-back acoustic gigs ahead of their eagerly anticipated seventh album, Never/Know, with frontman Luke Pritchard and guitarist...
Box Office
Just when you thought your vacation horror story was bad, along comes I Don’t Understand You to raise the bar, leave the map, and...
Box Office
The UK trailer for Hallow Road has just dropped, and with it comes the announcement of its highly anticipated theatrical release on May 16,...
Headlines
Pulp fans, get ready for one of the most anticipated musical comebacks in recent history: Pulp’s first new album in nearly 24 years, More,...
Books
Apple TV+ has today dropped the first trailer for “Murderbot,” its upcoming sci-fi comedic thriller series, set to premiere on May 16, 2025. Based on Martha Wells‘...
MUSIC
Once the working-class prophets of the indie-dance crossover, The Farm are back — older, wiser, but still armed with that unmistakable spirit that made...
Box Office
IFC Films has unveiled the official trailer for Tornado, a gripping revenge western set in 1790s Scotland. Equal parts a British period drama and a...
MUSIC
In 2005, Hertfordshire’s The Subways – comprising then-teenagers Billy Lunn, Charlotte Cooper, and Josh Morgan – shot into the limelight with their debut album...
Box Office
The Surfer UK Trailer Drops: Nicolas Cage Rides a Mind-bending Fevered Wave of Fury – Coming May 9th
Get ready to hang ten on the edge of your seats as Vertigo Releasing has just dropped the UK trailer and poster for Lorcan...
Box Office
Get ready to dive into the explosive world of Zero, the impending action-thriller from director Jean Luc Herbulot (Saloum) and co-written by star Hus...
Box Office
Firebook Entertainment‘s highly anticipated feature, Párvulos, Children of the Apocalypse (spoiler-free review here), has arrived in theaters, promising a unique and unsettling cinematic experience....
